It is Tuesday night in my neighborhood and a chance to procrastinate penning this piece. My neighbor Peter has hosted darts in his garage for the last 15 years, featuring a rotating cast of characters. The place is cool, everyone ...
La Reyne Descosse (“The Queen of Scotland”), Bedondaine et Bedons Ronds (Chambly brewpub) A Belgian inspired Scotch ale with 8.5 ABV. It has an enticing ruby body with an eggshell-colored head and a sweet scent of chocolate-caramel, toast, berries and ...
Both the Belgians and Quebecois love French fries. In Belgium it seems there is a frites stand every 500 meters and the Belgians love their sauces. The French Canadians carry this one step further with their favorite comfort food, poutine. ...
Walk down the aisles of any well-stocked beer store and you will notice there is a quiet revolution taking place. Caged-corked champagne-style bottles of Belgian-inspired beer are invading the shelves. If you have stopped to wonder who is responsible, blame ...
Since most people access Quebec through Montreal, it’s worth a beer visit all its own. It is a great beer city that Stephen Beaumont and Don Tse have covered in this very magazine in recent years. My dream day drinking ...
If you can’t swing a trip to Belgium right now, you can still capture some of the country’s unique flavor, by preparing your own Hoppeland cuisine. Here are a couple of tasty recipes to send you on your way:...
To really get the Poperinge experience, you need to live it first-hand. The following web sites and sources can help make your trip to Hoppeland even more enjoyable....
This Flemish area of Belgium, nicknamed “Hoppeland,” is nestled against the French border and, in a country known for more than 800 beers, has the distinctive honor of being called the “brewers’ corner of Belgium.” There, five breweries are located ...
